Caricature with Queen Caroline (left) as Lady Macbeth in the mad scene, standing in the street before two shops; she holds a candlestick raised in her right hand as she holds out her dress with her left hand, looking down horror at her skirt which is ...
Alternative Title:
John Bull with his eyes opened
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Signs (Notices), and Stores & shops
"A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silen...
Alternative Title:
Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
"A tun of 'Wine' lies on solid trestles inscribed 'Treasury Bench'. From its huge bung-hole emerges the naked body of Pitt, as Bacchus, crowned with vine branches. He leans back tipsily, a brimming glass in each hand. Behind him stands Dundas as Silen...
Alternative Title:
Triumph of Bacchus & Silenus and Triumph of Bacchus and Silenus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Dionysus (Greek deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxes, Wine, Grapes, Barrels, and Purses
"John Bull stands full-face, supporting a monstrous burden; he is short in proportion to his breadth by reason of the weight which presses on him, drops fall down his face; his breeches pockets, inscribed 'Empty', hang inside out. On his shoulders sit...
"George IV sits in a four-wheeled light cart, inscribed Goods, drawn by loyal Hanoverians; it is covered by a canopy supported on poles. He sits on a high seat with his back to the shafts, scattering gold coins, which Londonderry (Castlereagh), who fa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 15th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Carts & wagons, Coins, Alcoholic beverages, Bulls, Taxes, Hats, Military uniforms, German, Pipes (Smoking), Crowds, and Cheering
"TURKISH POLICY. (16558) The Sultan sits cross-legged on a dais between his vizier (left) and two surprised and disconcerted Russian officers (right). A messenger enters (left) holding up a large document with pendent seals: 'The Poles have revolted ...
Description:
Titles from text beneath the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Mahmud II, Sultan of the Turks, 1784-1839, Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, 1796-1855., Shaw, James, Sir, 1764-1843., and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Sultans, Military officers, Russian, Documents, Coins, Messengers, Cannons, Vandalism, Factories, Clerks, Paying bills, Law enforcement officers, Legs, Political elections, Signs (Notices), Beds, Sleeping, Dreaming, Dogs, and Knives
"George IV (left), not caricatured, and John Bull (right) face each other across an ale-house table on which are a jug and two tumblers. The King wears the caped coat of an amateur coach-driver with top-boots and a bulky scarf. His right hand rests on...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taverns (Inns), and Staffs (Sticks)
"William IV, as Mars, in Roman armour, stands defiantly in a war-chariot drawn by three galloping horses, ridden by Discord, a virago with serpents for hair, who brandishes a handful of serpents. He holds a shield inscribed 'Signed Protocols', and a l...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
T. McLean
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847., Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840, and Mars (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Armor, Chariots, Snakes, Shields, Spears, Firearms, Soldiers, Dutch, Prussian, National emblems, Bears, Frogs, and Roosters
